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Originally Posted by ac7ss
It was that type of thing that gave me the idea. I read somewhere about trailing fairings (on the trailing edge) make more difference than leading fairing. So maybe just an oversized shirt stretched over the trunk?
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The rounded and streamlined front of the body is only half the battle. Maybe less than half the battle: A properly streamlined pressure recovery at the rear is as important, or perhaps more important, than the front. See Hoerner's "Fluid Dynamic Drag" book available via inter-library loan.